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{{short description|Australian singer, actress, model and presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}}
{{BLP no footnotes|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Nicky Love
| image =
| caption =
| birthname = Nicole Love
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], Australia
| othername =
| occupation = Singer, actress, model, presenter
| years active =
| spouse = James White
| children =
| domesticpartner =
| awards =
| website =
}}

'''Nicky Love''' is a singer, model, presenter and actress.

==Early life==
Love was born and grew up in suburban Sydney, Australia, the shy daughter of an alcoholic father. She quit school in her early teens and dabbled in hairdressing.<ref name="Details">{{cite web|url= https://www.nickylove.com/pdf/details.pdf |title= Who is Nicky |publisher= Details |date= January 2001}}</ref><ref name="Marbella">{{cite web|url= https://www.nickylove.com/pdf/marbella.pdf |title= All You Need is Love |publisher= Marbella magazine |date= July 2000}}</ref>

==Career==
Love began her career as a model after being discovered by Chadwick Model Management at the age of fourteen in Sydney, Australia. She subsequently appeared in magazine editorials and on magazine covers, catalogues, posters and billboards, and worked overseas with top modelling agencies in England, Spain, the U.S. and Japan.<ref name="NL">{{cite web|url= https://www.nickylove.com/bio.htm |title= Bio |publisher= www.nickylove.com}}</ref>

Through her work in television commercials and music videos, she discovered an affinity for acting, leading her to study her craft at [[Actors Centre Australia|The Actors Centre]] in Sydney, which she followed with acting workshops in Sydney, Melbourne and Los Angeles.<ref name="NL"/> She subsequently landed minor guest roles on ''[[G.P.]]'' and ''[[E Street (television show)|E Street]]''.<ref name="NL"/> She worked as a presenter on the music tv program ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown Revolution]]'', learning how to write, produce and direct in the process. She was also the anchor for an ''Entertainment News Show'' pilot for [[Network 10]] Australia.<ref name="NL"/>

Additionally, Love was a founding member of [[Freaked Out Flower Children]], alongside fellow Australian actresses [[Sophie Lee]] and [[Fiona Ruttelle]]. The other members were Gumpy Phillips and Tricky J, both formerly of [[Mighty Big Crime]]. The band released an album, ''Love In'', through [[Virgin Records]] in 1990. The album included the single "[[Spill the Wine]]" (a remake of [[Eric Burdon]] and the band [[War (band)|War’s]] 1970 single of the same name), which reached number 31 on the Australian singles charts. Their second single "Beautiful People" was met with less success, peaking at number 102.<ref name="NL"/> She appeared on the cover of [[Australian Playboy]] with the female members of the band in July 1992.<ref name="PB">{{cite web|url= https://wonderclub.com/PLBOYAUSTRALIA199207 |title= Playboy (Australia) July 1992 Magazine |publisher= www.wonderclub.com}}</ref>

After the group disbanded in 1993, Love relocated to the UK, where she was eventually discovered by [[Robbie Robertson]] of [[The Band]] and became his first [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] signing to [[DreamWorks Records]].<ref name="VF">{{cite web|url= https://www.nickylove.com/pdf/vanityfair.pdf |title= Love Jones: Nicky Love's Rock Catharthis |publisher= [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date= March 2001}}</ref> She released her solo album ''Honeyvision'', in 2001. She went on to work in the U.S, Europe, Australia and the U.K with artists such as [[Tricky (rapper)|Tricky]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Michael Bolton]], and [[Luther Vandross]].<ref name="NL"/>

==Personal life==
In 2000, Love married her husband, British businessman James White at the [[Bellagio (resort)|Bellagio Hotel]] in Las Vegas, and in 2001 they were living in Spain together.<ref name="VF"/>

==Filmography==

===Television===
{|class=wikitable
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| || ''[[G.P.]]'' || Guest role ||
|-
| || ''[[E Street (TV series)|E Street]]'' || Guest role ||
|-
| || ''[[Countdown (Australian TV program)|Countdown Revolution]]'' || Host/ Reporter ||
|-
| || ''Entertainment News'' || Host / Anchor || Pilot
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Surf Girls]]'' || Voice-over ||
|}

==Discography==
{|class=wikitable
! Year
! Title
! Artist
! Label
|-
| 1991 || ''Love In'' || [[Freaked Out Flower Children]] || [[Virgin Records]]
|-
| 2001 || ''Honeyvision'' || Nicky Love || [[DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Australian female models]]
[[Category:Australian women singers]]
[[Category:Australian women songwriters]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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